Posey's Picks of the Month out of retirement: Remember March 2003?
Somehow, this feature just disappeared off the radar.
Let's see how long Jim can keep it going this time (January 2008)

Jim added another chapter on THERMAL MODELING at our March luncheon meeting, and has kindly PDF'd his presentation:
Thermal Modeling to Optimize Building Envelope Details

Posey's Pick of the Month of May 2002
Jim's Pick for this month is targeted for those attending his CSC Conference 2002 presentation in Banff
As it turns out, the usual printed handouts would not be very helpful in black and white (grey-scale, actually). If you click on the first link below, you will see Jim's presentation, in all its coloured glory (providing you have the free Acrobat browser)
If you don't, please take the time now to download it first: Adobe's download page for Acrobat Reader

Please help yourself to the other links as well.  Each one is followed by a brief description of the pdf file at the link.  If you have more than a passing interest in Jim's files, you should probably download them within the next couple of weeks or so (from May 24, 2002) in case they are removed from the web site to make room for something else. (you can use your browser's "back" button to return here from each link).

3D_Heat_Flow_Models_2.pdf
A synopsis of James B. (Jim) Posey's presentation "Software for Building Envelope Design", May 25, 2002, with colour coded temperature maps of 3D Heat Flow models presented as examples.

Models-Straube+Burnett.pdf
"Review of Modeling Methods for Building Enclosure Design" A review of available HAM (Heat Air Moisture) simulation models, by Dr. John Straube, Asst. Professor, School of Civil Engineering and School of Architecture, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada and Dr. Eric Burnett, Hankin Chair, Departments of Civil Engineering and Architectural Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA, provided to presentation attendees by permission of Dr. John Straube.

Design_Tab_02_03_30.pdf
A design table prepared for Beaver Plastics Ltd. for slab-on-grade foundations with sub-slab insulation, for several Alberta Cities, derived from 2D and 3D transient heat flow models prepared by Jim Posey, and design parameters set by Charles C. Kwok, P.Eng, of Jacques Whitford, provided to presentation attendees by permission of Beaver Plastics Ltd.